BREXITEER Lord Digby Jones has predicted that French and German leaders will become the biggest obstacles for Britain going into post-Brexit trade talks.

Lord Digby Jones has come out of his meeting with Michel Barnier this week convinced that Germany and France are the real roadblocks to a Brexit trade deal.

The former UK Minister for Trade and Investment was among the Brexiteer delegation who met with the EU's negotiator in Brussels

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The Brexiteer peer said that the British negotiators need the stress the country's economic power

Lord Jones, MEP Steven Woolfe, Labour Leave chairmain John Mills, and co-Chair of Leave Means Leave John Longworth spent more than an hour with Mr Barnier.

The meeting with Mr Barnier came just days after the top EU official met privately with former Ukip leader Nigel Farage.

After the meeting, the Brexiteer peer said that the British negotiators need the stress the country's economic power, and tell the British people that we will survive without a deal.

He explained: "We have choice. My message, after meeting with Barnier, to the 27, is do not push it too far, because you will not get a deal at all.

"Financial services are very important to Britain. We don’t want European laws and standards to apply to us when we’re doing business in New York or anywhere else abroad.

"What’s that got to do with Brussels? I’m not sure whether Brussels have got that yet."

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The former UK Minister for Trade and Investment was among the Brexiteer delegation

What’s that got to do with Brussels? I’m not sure whether Brussels have got that yet

Lord Digby Jones

Lord Jones then issued a stark warning over France and Germany's real intentions in the second phase of Brexit talks.

The former Director General of the CBI added: "I'm convinced now, that thew leaders of the 27 - particularly Merkel - will put the long-term success, the survival of the European project over centuries, over the short-term benefits of European citizens.

"We should be on the same side. The divorce bill was where we had to take sides, on trade we should be working together!

"But Germany and France see as an opportunity to cut Britain’s wings in global markets, because we’re rivals to them.